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lactovegetarian

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lactovegetarian /lac·to·veg·e·tar·i·an/ (-vej″ĕ-tar´e-an)
1. one who practices lactovegetarianism.
2. pertaining to lactovegetarianism.

lactovegetarian
[-vej′əter′ē·ən]
one whose diet consists of milk and milk products (lacto) in addition to foods of vegetable origin but does not include eggs, meat, fish, or poultry.

lactovegetarian [lak″to-vej″ĕ-tar´e-an]
1. a person who excludes from the diet all animal flesh (meats and fish), but will eat foods of vegetable origin as well as milk and milk products.
2. pertaining to such a diet.


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